title: Genetic-environmental interactions and antibody response in chickens to two antigens.
abstract: Chickens from lines selected for either a high (HA) or low (LA) antibody response to sheep erythrocytes were either socialized, ignored, or stressed before being injected with two different erythrocyte antigens. Correlation between the antibody responses to the two antigens and the difference between the titers of the HA and LA lines was greatest when the chickens were socialized in an optimum-stress environment. The antibody responses of individual chickens to the two antigens was influenced by their heterophil/lymphocyte ratios.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg 24061.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D001835:Body Weight; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D004285:Dogs; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes; D007958:Leukocyte Count / Q000662:veterinary; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008297:Male; D012756:Sheep